5:13 AM,
Mar. 28, 2013

Actor Robby Benson is going to teach at Indiana University in the fall.
Karla DeVito

Written by

Lorena Blas, USA TODAY

The actor, known for his 1970s roles in Ice Castles and Ode to Billy Joe as well as for being the voice of Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, will be a professor at Indiana University's Department of Telecommunications in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Benson began his acting career at 11, and small roles eventually led to bigger roles and then a three-year writing contract at Universal Studios by the time he was 19. ...